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Psychological services for children: using family therapy in the setting of a school psychological service
Author(s) -
Campion Jean
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1046/j.1467-6427.1984.00633.x
Subject(s) - psychology , family therapy , service (business) , variety (cybernetics) , psychological therapy , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , anxiety , economy , artificial intelligence , computer science , economics
An attempt is made to evaluate the results of using family therapy in the setting of a school psychological service over a period of about two‐and‐a‐half years. Seventy‐two children were involved, referred by teachers, with a variety of behavioural difficulties and learning problems. The difficulties of involving parents in regular clinic sessions for problems which they either saw as school‐based or did not see at all are discussed. It is suggested that the technique of family therapy has been insufficiently exploited to help children seen to have ‘a special educational need’. This includes children who are developmentally immature, as well as those who show more overt signs of emotional disturbance.